Reference code
LAW/5/530
Title
Verses in the hands of Sir Thomas Lawrence
Date
[c.1797-1798]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
"Oh why
Maria dost thou chuse,
thus to prolong our pain"
The subject of the poem is of love withheld.
[A poem probably written at the height of Lawrence's grand passion with the daughter of Sarah Siddons.]
Bibliography
Published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.234.